The Black Donnellys: Poor Tommy
March 5, 2007 at 11:26 p.m.
They’re killing. They’re stealing. They’re lying. They’re doing everything wrong that can be done, but we’re still on their side. These four Irish brothers are the newest mobsters on primetime television, yet I still can’t help but love them. You have to root for Tommy and his quest to save his three troublesome brothers. I feel crazy writing that, but it’s true, and I know that most of you feel the same.
I feel bad for Tommy. He gets one brother out of a mess only to find that another brother somehow added more to the situation. It’s counterproductive, to say the least. And yes, Jimmy does belong in jail because if he isn’t there, he is going to get killed. I just hope that Kevin doesn’t ruin that by bailing him out.
As for the love scene with Jenny and Tommy: How disappointing was that? It was obviously going to happen, but once again we are left feeling bad for Tommy. After all, he is going to school by day, “running the city” and protecting his brothers by night, and now he's being turned down by the girl who confessed her love for him the episode before.
Nothing new really happened this week, and the episode moved a little bit slower than the pilot. But I didn’t mind because it was easier to keep track of what was going on.
The series premier left me counting down the minutes until the next episode. This week I wish more would have happened, and I just hope that narrator Joey “ice cream” has some new and suspenseful information in store for episode three. Until next week…
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